View basket “The Boy Next Door” has been added to your basket. A Gift to Pops Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars, The SKU: 3857105 Barcode: 0602438571055 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve Released Date: 17th December 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 2021 Tribute Album features New Arrangements and Performances of Tunes Associated with Louis Armstrong, with Special Guests including Wynton Marsalis and Common! The A-list ensemble The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars release a tribute album to the great musician on Verve Records entitled A Gift To Pops. It celebrates the continuing influence and undying legacy of the jazz giant and storied entertainer, 50 years after his death in 1971, with special guests including Wynton Marsalis and Common. The group is comprised largely of stellar Crescent City musicians, who have inventively re-envisioned music associated with the trumpeter and vocalist during his five-decade career. A Gift To Pops includes new arrangements and performances of tunes ranging from “The Peanut Vendor” (recorded by “Satchmo” in 1930) to his late-period No.1 “What a Wonderful World,” the most successful recording of his career). “We decided to make a recording that captures the essence of Pops,” says co-producer and band member Wycliffe Gordon. “We wanted to perform the music the way he might have played it if he were still alive. We all had ideas for how to pull this off, by including songs influenced by gospel, the blues, the traditional brass band sounds, popular music and rap.” Impresario George Wein writes in the liner notes for the album: “With this recording, this music of Louis Armstrong demonstrates how he created the language of jazz and influenced all the music that followed – from swing to bebop and even to rap, as demonstrated by Common. But there’s one thing for sure: This band and record demonstrate that there was nothing common about Louis Armstrong.” Nicholas Payton, who arranged seven of the songs, stars on trumpet throughout, including on his own arrangements such as the swinging “Strutting with Some Barbeque,” the lyrical and bluesy “A Kiss to Dream On,” and the playful “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead.” The latter rendition features vocals by Gordon, drummer Herlin Riley ,and bassist Reginald Veal. Payton takes lead vocals on his modern arrangement of Fats Waller’s “Black and Blue,” with its theme of racial consciousness and prejudice, with Common delivering his rap poetry in such lines as “Went through black and blue for the bright day,” and “My school of thought is black openness/To define and redefine what the culture is.” “Common added a different spin to the tune,” notes Gordon. “It seemed like things we had talked about as a country had changed, but they didn’t, which is why this is important.” Adds Harris: “We’re hoping Common will draw young people into Louis Armstrong. We’re out to make changes.” Gordon also arranges “Up a Lazy River,” with features his and Riley’s vocals; Veal’s “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” gospel hymn; pianist Davell Crawford’s bluesy “Rockin’ Chair” by Hoagy Carmichael; and Riley’s percussive festive take on “The Peanut Vendor,” on which Marsalis takes an extended solo. “Louis Armstrong’s singing, playing and his interpretations illuminate timeless human fundamentals,” says Marsalis. “His grace, eloquence, intelligence and naturalness are still showing us how to play and what playing means. Rightfully beloved across the world, he embodied what is best about America. In these trying times, his music and memory are the perfect inspiration for us to rise up and be the very best of ourselves as artists, citizens and as people.” The band also features trumpeters Ashlin Parker and Wendell Brunious, tenor saxophonist Roderick Paulin, pianist Courtney Bryan, banjo player Don Vappie, vocalists Niki Haris and Menia Chester. Guitarist Derwin “Big D” Perkins makes a guest cameo appearance on “Black and Blue.” Artist Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars, The Genre Jazz Label Verve Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings The Peanut Vendor Struttin' With Some Barbeque Up A Lazy River I'll Be Glad When You're Dead Rockin' Chair St. Louis Blues Black And Blue Just A Closer Walk With Thee What A Wonderful World Philosophy of Life Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Various Stockfisch Records Vinyl Collection Volume 2 Jazz | Stockfisch | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 12th March 2013 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Stockfisch Records Vinyl Collection Volume 2 £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Stockfisch SKU: SFR35780091 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 12th March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billie Holiday Body and Soul (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th June 2024 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billie Holiday Body and Soul (Acoustic Sounds) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 6512455 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th June 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robert Glasper In My Element (Classic Vinyl Series) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 2LP Released 16th June 2023 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Glasper In My Element (Classic Vinyl Series) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5507716 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gil Evans Orchestra Out Of The Cool Jazz | Verve | 180g Released 24th May 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gil Evans Orchestra Out Of The Cool £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 7746429 Formats: 180g Released Date: 24th May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis A Tribute To Jack Johnson Jazz | Mobile Fidelity | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 3rd February 2023 £59.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis A Tribute To Jack Johnson £59.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: MFSL1440 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 3rd February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ahmad Jamal Emerald City Nights – Live At The Penthouse 1965-1966 (Vol.2) Jazz | Elemental | 2LP Released 25th November 2022 £47.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ahmad Jamal Emerald City Nights – Live At The Penthouse 1965-1966 (Vol.2) £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Elemental SKU: DDJD-002 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jimmy Smith The Cat (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 6th December 2024 £35.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Jimmy Smith The Cat (Acoustic Sounds) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca SKU: 6562737 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 6th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Blue Train Jazz | Not Bad Records | 180g, 2LP Released 15th January 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Blue Train £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Not Bad Records SKU: NOT2LP161 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 15th January 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 23rd August 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 7757373 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 23rd August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joel Ross Presents The Parable Of The Poet Jazz | Blue Note | 2LP Released 15th April 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joel Ross Presents The Parable Of The Poet £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 3891819 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 15th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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